Overview
Using hands-on labs, this course teaches students how to perform common management tasks, including array installation, volume creation, and data protection/recovery using snapshots. This course also covers system monitoring basics using Nimble Storage’s InfoSight
Outline
By the completion of this course, the learner will be able to complete the following tasks using the Nimble operating system:
• Perform initial configuration of a new array with NSM and GUI
• Perform post-installation tests
• Create volumes and zero-copy clones
• Attach and verify volumes/clones to Windows
• Create and modify data protection policies for volumes
• Restore volumes and individual files from a snapshot • Use the Nimble GUI to monitor array capacity/performance
| Lab 1: vLabs Access |
Objectives
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Accessing HPE vLabs
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| Lab 2: Installing Nimble Windows Toolkit |
Background
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Task 1: Launch NWT installer
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| Lab 3: Initialize an Array |
Background Lab topology Task 1: Launch Nimble Setup Manager
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Task 2: Subnet configuration Task 3: Post setup testing
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| Lab 4: Update Nimble Operating System | ||
| Lab 5-1: Basic Volume Creation |
Task 1: Create a volume Task 2: Create a volume collection
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Task 3: Create an initiator and an initiator group
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| Lab 5-2: Windows Host SetUp (NCM) |
Background Task 1: Launch NCM and connect to a volume
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Task 2: Examine the newly connected volume Task 3: Return to the Windows host to prepare and mount the volume
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| Lab 7: Snapshots and Data Recovery |
Background Task 1: Create data Task 2: Simulate a data loss event
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Task 3: Create a zero-copy clone Task 4: Connect to the clone and recover the data Task 5: Disconnect and delete the clone
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| Lab 10-1: Correlate System Events / SNMP traps with lab activities | ||
| Lab 10-2: HPE Infosight | ||
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